The black grey squirrel

[stovepipe]

I would like to have one of the black one's with the white face mounted...we have some black one's around me here in kentucky but not with a white face...very interesting looking

 

[cornshank]

Black one?
I can't remember but I think I had two of them mounted years ago and they are in my dads game room. I can probably help you out with a skin or two. Juts have to check the season. It only shuts down here for a small time and I think it's spring unless they are doing damage. Which is always. They try and live in the top of our heated barn.

"Interesting" Is there a season on them. I hadn't realize there were so many different squirrels. Learned something new. Great, and Thanks for sharing this. I would have never know.

Same here , greys , reddish ones , and ground squirrels at low elevation, and Douglas ,golden mantel and chipmunks,
Up higher, none of the big ones around here.
Pics look like they are big .

 

[sturner]

We got black colored Fox squirrel in East Texas see them every now and then

 

[cornshank]

I would like to have one of the black one's with the white face mounted...we have some black one's around me here in kentucky but not with a white face...very interesting looking

Same here

 

[cornshank]

We got black colored Fox squirrel in East Texas see them every now and then

If you find an ugly one at a garage sale someone mounted,
And you can get it , pm me for the ( I'll take it ) !

 

[koonazz]

Monkeys? *** is that supposed to mean?

Guess its what the locals decided to call that subspecies cuz "black squirrels with white faces and paws" was too long.

 

[Steve Hannon]

We have three different squirrels where we live in GA
The Grey-regular size
The Fox-Twice the size of a Grey and they have Black Colored head feet and some Rust color
The Monkey - Twice the size of a Grey and they are all Black with white paws and Nose.

I used to tell my kiddo when he was little that they were ninja squirrels, since they had a tendency to drop down from the trees into traffic. Hii-ya!

 

[6fatrat]

My oldest daughter is a DVM here in northern Michigan.
She told me the black squirrels that are black are the same as gray squirrels with a slight genetic difference that causes them to have more melanin.
Go to the Michigan DNR website, they have a page that talks about the different squirrels.
In my part of the state we have lots of all 3 gray, black and fox.
Steve Bair

 

[cornshank]

This one would have a hard time hiding , unless it's a curtain squirrel

 

[Mike Matteson]

Where I came from all we had ground squirrels. Great target practices. Farmer love you too.

 

[justinp61]

We have three different squirrels where we live in GA
The Grey-regular size
The Fox-Twice the size of a Grey and they have Black Colored head feet and some Rust color
The Monkey - Twice the size of a Grey and they are all Black with white paws and Nose.

That's a pretty nice Fox squirrel. Here in W Ky we have Grey and Fox squirrels, our Fox's are more orange/yellowish although OI have seen a few over the years that were almost black. Fox squirrel tial makes good crappie jigs.

 

[cornshank]

Where I came from all we had ground squirrels. Great target practices. Farmer love you too.

In highschool three of us would shuttle up through a cattle ranch on a Honda 125 , with .22s ,to a an abandon rock quarry , where we dug out a spot on a cliff , and shoot ground squirrels for hours
We competed with each other trying to shoot them on the run.

 

[Jmatt]

In PA we have red, black, fox, and grey. But we also have flying squirrels. Only see one about once every year or so. Notice the flat tail. He also has extra skin under his arms to glide with

 

[cornshank]

That's a pretty nice Fox squirrel. Here in W Ky we have Grey and Fox squirrels, our Fox's are more orange/yellowish although OI have seen a few over the years that were almost black. Fox squirrel tial makes good crappie jigs.

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I think Mepps spinners used to advertise for grey squirrel tails
And pay .25 cent each .